Waste Management Solutions

Cambium Aboriginal experts have much experience in providing solid waste management services across central and eastern Ontario. Our team recognizes and understands the unique needs of First Nation communities and are able to provide them with cost-effective waste management and diversion solutions. The Cambium Aboriginal team – including waste management specialists, engineers, hydrogeologists, and technologists – achieve these goals while routinely meeting time and budgetary constraints and maintaining rigorous quality standards. Our key areas of expertise are:

Waste management strategic planning (EPA and EAA).

Waste management system optimization.

Waste diversion system strategies and implementation.

Landfill site design, operations and development planning.

Waste transfer station and diversion depot design.

Water and landfill gas monitoring and assessment.

Hazardous waste management.

Financial assurance assessments.

Agency, stakeholder and public consultation programs.

Waste audits and reduction work plans

Ontario’s 3R Regulations (Reduction, Reuse & Recycling) have been in place since 1994. They require businesses within the industrial, commercial and institutional (IC&I) sectors (including schools, office buildings, hospitals, and multi-unit residential buildings) as well as municipalities, to develop programs to reduce the amount of non-hazardous waste going to disposal and to establish waste reduction work plans.

The environmental screening process (Ontario Regulation 101/07)

In March 2007, the Ministry of the Environment announced the enactment of Ontario Regulation 101/07 (Waste Management Projects) under the Environmental Assessment Act (EAA) and amendments to the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) for waste recycling, mining, alternative fuels, and new/emerging technologies. The regulatory changes were created for the purpose of reducing the time and resources required under select circumstances for the approval of continued operations of small rural landfills through capacity expansions or landfill mining. The new regulation establishes three classes of waste management projects. Those projects, both public and private, with the highest impact are designated for the full EAA process. A new environmental screening process applies to projects with predictable effects that can be “readily mitigated.” Projects classified as having minimal impacts, such as landfill expansions to less than 40,000 cubic metres, do not require approval under the Environmental Assessment Act (EAA) and are not designated as subject to the requirements of the EAA. Cambium is currently working with municipalities to realize the advantages offered by the new regulation.

Waste Auditing

The purpose of a waste audit is to determine the amount, nature and composition of waste, and the manner by which it is produced by an organization or specific site. A waste audit will also include the following components:

Establish baseline or benchmark data.

Characterize and quantify the waste streams.

Verify waste pathways.

Identify waste diversion opportunities.

Identify source reduction opportunities.

Assess effectiveness of current systems to improve efficiency of waste management.

Contact us to speak with one of our qualified staff members to discuss your circumstances and learn how we can eliminate uncertainties and provide you with practical solutions that are tailored to your First Nation’s specific needs.